ECE112 - Curriculum 2: Planning and Assessment for Teaching and Learning
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Kerryn Archdall |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in E330, E333, E334 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2-hour seminar per non-placement teaching weeks |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1.5-hour online seminar per non-placement teaching weeks |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only. | |
Content
This unit will provide students with the ability to critically analyse and synthesise pedagogical principles of assessment and planning to reflect contemporary understandings of teaching and learning for young children. By critiquing their theoretical knowledge and understandings of assessment and planning, students will develop and broaden their competencies as teachers to incorporate the perspectives and aspirations of children and their families.
Students will engage in critical reflection on the influences of their own values, beliefs and understandings about teaching and learning. They will develop the abilities to incorporate different understandings from their own worldviews when assessing and planning for children’s learning. This will include the ability to recognise and respond to learning for individual children in a way that is inclusive of the child’s own social and cultural understandings.
This unit has a focus on assessment of learning, providing feedback and curriculum evaluation. Students will examine strategies for collecting and interpreting assessment data for the purpose of designing purposeful learning experiences and evaluating and modifying teaching practices. Students will learn about the role of moderation to support consistent and comparable judgements. They will also explore strategies of providing feedback to children of all ages. Students will learn about various methods of documenting and keeping reliable records of children’s learning to demonstrate progress and achievements, as well as sharing this learning with families.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Evaluate and apply theoretical, curriculum and regulatory knowledge about play-based pedagogy in assessment and planning for the learning of young children. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Examine a range of assessment strategies including informal, formal, formative and summative approaches to reliably record, document, analyse children’s learning and development, and provide feedback to children and families on learning | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Analyse, interpret and moderate assessment data to set learning goals and plan a sequence of learning activities that responds to the child’s learning needs, using a variety of teaching strategies that incorporate play-based pedagogies | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Apply appropriate curriculum and assessment strategies to interpret children’s learning for the purpose of evaluating and modifying teaching practices. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem Solving |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Recognising Potential Learning (Digital resource) | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2 - Planning for Learning | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ECE112
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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